GP or general practitioner is still the first choice when it comes to seeking help for depression. This fact came to the fore through a new poll organized by irishhealth.com. Another facts, which came out brightly through this poll were as under:- 1. 14% said that they won’t seek help for treating their depression. 2. 12% preferred to consult counselors. 3. Just 3 % of the people showed interest in contacting support groups for seeking help for their depression. 4. 27% of the people said that they would prefer their friends for help during depression. 5. While a big percentage of 44% showed interest in going to GP for seeking help. On the basis of these figures, it can definitely be asserted that still, GPs are taken as the first priority by a big number of depression patients, which means still they are looked at as the most efficient helpers for depression treatment. These figures confirm the fact that GPs have a big responsibility to shoulder. Keeping these figures and beliefs in mind, we can say that there is need of these GPs to be trained in such a way so that they may impart depression patients with effective treatment, which would help embanking the spate of depression in which whole world is delving slowly but steadily.
Apr 15th, 2012
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GP-first choice of depression patients
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